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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 2338969, member: 1220"] Hindsight is definitely easier! However on game deciding last plays like this defensive positioning is everything. Both Beard an Sims were bunched up in one area. And there were two defenders bunched up with them. One defender could have eliminated a pass to either. The real question was -What was more dangerous ? A one on one drive by Parker or a 3pt shot by Sims or Beard. Now I am not saying leave either open but just one of the defenders play off their man to help with Parker. Now I also am not saying that Taurasi needed to be in a position to draw a charge. To do that she would have had to create too much space between her and the 3pt shooters. Just one step more and she would have been able to actually hit the ball she could only swipe at. As it was she was less than a foot short and only reaching. She presented no defensive threat what so ever.All she has to do is hit the ball. She still might have missed but at least she would have been in ranger and actually had a chance. to deflect the ball. She made a bad choice at the early outset of that play. It's about recognizing floor spacing and angles to be able to provide better off the ball help. [/QUOTE]